Rise in race crime against non-whites

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Around half the victims of race crime in Scotland were of Asian origin and 95 per cent of the perpetrators white, figures show

A racist crime is committed in Scotland every 79 minutes, according to figures released yesterday by the Scottish government.

The number of racist incidents in which non-British white people were the victims has risen from 129 in 2004-05 to 476 in 2007-08, raising fears that recent immigrants from Eastern Europe are being increasingly targeted.

While the total number of racist incidents recorded by police in Scotland showed a slight fall for the first time in four years - down to 5,243 last year from 5,321 in 2006-07 - the number of racist crimes was up slightly, from 6,653 to 6,672. The statistics